Alain Maury (astronomer)

**List of discovered asteroids : 9**
(3838) Epona	November 27, 1986
(4404) Enirac	April 2nd 1987
(4482) Frèrebasile	September 1, 1986
(4558) Janesick ¹	July 12, 1988
(5370) Taranis	September 23, 1986
(11284) Belenus	January 21, 1990
(21001) Trogrlic	April 1, 1987
(120452) 1988 NA	July 6, 1988
(152188) Morricone ^2nd	August 27, 2005
¹ together with Jean Mueller ² together with Franco Mallia

Alain Maury (* 1958 in Lorraine near Nancy ) is a French astronomer and asteroid discoverer.

In the period from 1980 to 1990 he discovered a total of 9 asteroids , some of them while participating in the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey (ODAS).

He is also the discoverer of the periodic comet 115P / Maury and the co-discoverer of the non-periodic comet C / 1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney).

Since 2003 he and his wife Alejandra have been running their own observatory in Ayllu Solor in the oasis of San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile . There the two offer introductory courses for visitors.

Honors

The asteroid (3780) Maury was named after him.

literature

Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English); Preview on Google Book Search

Individual evidence

^ Minor Planet Discoverers
↑ Website of the observatory (French)

personal data
SURNAME	Maury, Alain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lorraine near Nancy

[1] Minor Planet Discoverers

[2] Website of the observatory (French)